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Seven-Eleven Japan Plans to Offer Prescription Drugs at Over 1,000 Stores in the Metro Area

Seven-Eleven plans to integrate an app that provides online medical care and prescription services with a delivery locker located in their stores. This will allow customers to receive medications prescribed through online medical care...



lifestyle
Konica Minolta Plans to Introduce an AI Translation Service for Use in Hotels

Konica Minolta is planning to introduce an AI-based translation service for hotels and other lodging facilities by the end of 2024. The service will use large transparent displays to show real-time subtitles of translations and convert complex technical terms into plain language...

Interview
Looking Towards the Organization of the Diet & Beauty Fair 2020

Every show so far has raised a theme, such as the nature of the health and beauty business in Japan...

Lifestyle
Glamping is a Travel Style in the Spotlight for its Low Risk of Covid-19 Infection - Series (1)

Glamping is gaining popularity with men and women of all ages as a new outdoor-style camping...

interview
Interview with Atsushi Kojima, Chairman of Ganko Food Service Co., Ltd.

I’m a bit of a glutton and I love to eat, and also I love to do business. My foundations are in those two loves...

Lifestyle
NIHONSHU - The art and history of Japanese sake and Japanese culture

Nihonshu, or Japanese sake, is Japan’s national drink, and the epitome of...